Robinson v. Harshaw
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 5325, dismissing bill in equity in case of Benjamin Robinson, et ah, officers and members of the Philadelphia True Blue Loyal Orange Lodge No. 59, of the Loyal Orange Institution of the United States v. David Harshaw, et al., officers, etc., of the Supreme Grand Lodge of the. Loyal Orange Institution of the United States. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 5325, dismissing bill in equity in case of Benjamin Robinson, et ah, officers and members of the Philadelphia True Blue Loyal Orange Lodge No. 59, of the Loyal Orange Institution of the United States v. David Harshaw, et al., officers, etc., of the Supreme Grand Lodge of the. Loyal Orange Institution of the United States. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill. Where a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The hill in equity brought by the plaintiffs was dismissed by the court below in accordance with Rule 68 of the rules of equity practice in this State for the reason that, upon the close of the complainant’s evidence the court was of the opinion that the case made in the bill had not been sustained. His opinion sets forth that “an examination of the pleadings fails to show any statement of the real cause of the revocation of the charter of Lodge No. 59, nor does the evidence satisfactorily supply the defect. There is, it is true, certain items from which, with the…
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- Beeman v. Supreme LodgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Wick v. Fraternities Accident OrderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Bixler v. HeilmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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